Kimberly Jannarone is Professor of Theater Arts, Digital Arts and New Media, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she holds the Gary D. Licker Memorial Chair. She is the author of Artaud and His Doubles, winner of the Honorable Mention for the Joe Callaway Prize for best book in drama. Forthcoming books include Mass Performance, History, and the Invention of Tradition and the edited volume Vanguard Performance Beyond Left and Right (University of Michigan Press). Jannarone also directs, dramaturgs, and translates experimental drama. She watches birds whenever she can.